Monday 5/18

Greece Week 4 - Athenian Democracy


This week, I've got a new way of presenting information to you! It's called ***drum roll please*** Sway!

You can click on the link below and immediately scroll through new info, videos, and complete some check in questions all in the same place! It's kind of like a mix between a powerpoint and a website, but everything you need will be right there - you don't have to click anywhere else!

Athenian Democracy

A... uh... what?

Go to this Sway

You'll see a form at the end of the Sway, and I'll use that to check for your understanding (assignment 1). It will automatically record your response for me once you submit!

After that, I'd like you to do some thinking of your own! (assignment 2)

Think about this question and answer with your own opinion:

Is the government we have now in the United States, a representative democracy, better than the direct democracy of Ancient Athens, or was the Athenian democracy better?


Use information you've learned from the Sway to respond with your own thoughts. You can do this in two ways - you can either respond in a written paragraph, OR you can respond with a flipgrid video! If you choose a paragraph, it should be at least 5 strong sentences - I want to know why you're thinking what you're thinking, and see evidence from the Sway to support your thoughts. If you'd prefer to tell me through a flipgrid video, it should be at least 2 minutes long, and include the same! These requirements are pretty short, so I really want to see your thinking!!!

Here are some sentence starters and some ideas to think about to help answer the question if you'd like them: Sentence Starters


You can record and submit you flipgrid video here: Flipgrid link
OR
You can upload your paragraph to Unified Classroom 'Greece Week 4 AD Comparison' or email to me at: mandervillet@springfieldpublicschools.com


Recap: View the Sway (scroll through, watch short videos, read, look at pictures) and answer the form at the end, then answer the prompt above in either a strong paragraph or flipgrid video!

Congrats to these superstars keeping up with all their work!

Keep it up!!!

Monday 5/11

Hello everyone!

Recognize this place? 😀
I got to stop in for a few minutes to grab a few things... it's not the same in there without you! I miss you all!




Check out this video for an intro to this weeks work ----> Intro to Greece Week 3


First, use the following readings to fill out a comparison chart between Athens and Sparta!
Athens
Sparta
 Athens & Sparta Comparison Chart You can copy & paste this one onto your own doc, or create a similar one in your notes!


Hmmm... do you think you would have been an Ancient Spartan, or an Ancient Athenian?

Imagine that you are going to visit one of these city states for a week as part of an exchange program with Renaissance! You get to switch places with either an Athenian or Spartan citizen, living their life with their family, for a week. While there, you will be treated in the same way as everyone else. Before you can get going, you must write a letter to explain which city state you'd prefer to visit.

In this letter, please give a few reasons why you'd like to visit this city state, and what might make you not want to visit the other one! Think about which place has people that share your values, or seem more like you. Remember though, you are representing Renaissance and want to practice respect and cultural sensitivity towards your future hosts! Try to find something positive to say while you explain why you wouldn't choose the other city state.
Your letter should be a minimum of 2 strong paragraphs (let's say 10 sentences), but shouldn't be longer than a page.

As always, please upload your notes and letter to Unified Classroom Greece Week 3 - Athens & Sparta! Email to me if that's not working.

Have a good week, and please reach out with any questions! I can't wait to see who my Athenians and Spartans are☺

Monday, 5/4

Welcome!
This week's lessons have specific instructions, so please read carefully! The videos are there to help you!

***I will be hosting an open Zoom meeting TUESDAY 1:30 - 2:30 to help with any confusion, technology help, or questions on this work!***

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To start, we will explore the geography - the land and land features (like mountains, rivers, etc) of Greece!

There are two links below - Map Activity Part 1, and Map Activity Part 2. The first will ask you to mark up a map, so I've attached directions on how you can do this online!
The second will ask you to examine maps and short texts, and then to fill in some comparison tables. You can copy onto your own doc and fill them out, or draw them on paper and fill them out!

Have fun exploring the geography of Greece and its impact on the civilization!


Greece Map Activity Part ONE (click here)

To complete this assignment, you will need to draw on the map VIRTUALLY! It's pretty fun. You can use Paint (this is easiest) or Google drawing (also not too hard). If you have the ability to print this out and do it by hand, go ahead!

Here are videos with instructions on how to do each! Read the caption to find out which is which!

The videos from before didn't seem to be working for everyone. I've linked them here instead! --> Map drawing help videos

To use Paint to draw on your map, right click and 'save as' this image! ---> 

To use google drawing, use this link! ---> Greece map google drawing (click here)  PLEASE MAKE A COPY FIRST!



Greece Map Activity Part TWO & THREE (click here)

To complete these map activities, you can either copy the chart to your own document, print the page and fill it in, or draw the chart on notepaper and send me a picture!

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Time to discuss how geography affected Greece a little bit more...

Watch this power point: Trade & Influence in Ancient Greece .

While you're scrolling through, please take notes on what you're learning! You can take notes online or on paper, whatever you prefer.

Here are pictures with my suggestion for your notes - this way you can work through the power point in an organized way without having to write down every single word or creating new space for every single slide.

Once you're done with the power point, please create a gist statement to tell me what you've learned about the way that geography impacted Ancient Greece - this may end up being more than one sentence.

 I will be looking for a picture of your notes and a gist statement to be uploaded or emailed to me!


To recap: I should receive from you a marked up map, two charts (one comparing different civilization's geography and one comparing benefits and difficulties of Greece's geography), and a notes page with a gist statement from the power point. These can all be handwritten or typed, but make sure they are submitted!

Upload to Unified Classroom assignment name 'Greece Week 2 Map Work' and 'Greece Week 2 Ppt Notes' or email to me if that is an issue!

Monday 4/27

Hello everyone! Welcome back from vacation week ☺

Time to kick off our online study of Ancient Greece!

First off, see if you can escape from this virtual escape room! It will introduce you to a lot of the topics we will be exploring!
          Try your luck here ------> Ancient Greece Escape Room

Enter your name, start the timer, and get going! Once you hit submit (at the bottom, scroll down!) I will see your response! If you put the wrong 'key' (wrong answer) into a lock (answer box) it won't let you ’out’ until you put in the right one! 😀


Next up, we will travel back in time to learn about the earliest recorded peoples living in Greece... the Minoans and Mycenaeans!

Click the links below to find stories and information about these societies, then respond to the questions!  You can copy and paste the questions into a word doc or simply number your responses. Full sentences please. Upload to Unified Classroom assignment 'Greece Week 1 - M & M'.

Introduction and directions - Question Sheet

Minoan & Mycenaean Readings

Theseus and the Minotaur - Myth

The Trojan Horse - Legend

Be well & stay safe!

Remember my office hours are MWF 10-11 and you can always send me an email with a question! mandervillet@springfieldpublicschools.com

Monday 4/13

Week 5 Online

This week, I wanted to have you all connect a bit more with yourselves, your lives, and hopefully those around you (in your household! stay safe!!!). Emphasis on social studies! I also hope that this week will have you doing some work off screen. If you’d prefer always know that you can write down responses in a real notebook and take a picture to submit. Be healthy everyone! I miss you!

Watch the video  below to see me explain this week’s assignment & directions!

Click here for the choice board: Choice Board

Complete at least three tasks, one of each color, and then respond to the follow up questions!

Upload your responses to Unified Classroom ‘Week 5 Blog Assignment’ and you’re all set!

Enjoy, interact, be thoughtful!


p.s. I loved seeing your faces if you uploaded to flipgrid! Just so you know, I’ve set it so no one sees your video, just me :) I’ll let you know if this changes, but no need to be shy!

Tuesday 4/7

Hi everyone! Can you go to flipgrid.com and enter this code (scroll down and click 'enter a code') ? I'm trying out a new platform.

code: 4a1021e9

Then hit 'sign in with microsoft' and it should work with your school emails.

There should be a mini assignment waiting :)

Thanks!!

Monday 4/6

Week 4 Online!

As always, I hope you are all staying safe and healthy!

From looking at the results from last weeks poll (thanks to those of you that took it!), I've got some more Civil Rights learning for you all this week. Enjoy!



Lesser Known Civil Rights Heroes

This week, we will dive into some civil rights history, focusing on individuals that lead and supported the movement even though you may not have heard of them. We will be introduced to four separate civil rights heroes, but first, let's get some background.

Please click to watch this civil rights intro video: The Civil Rights Movement in Two Minutes
It will act as a super quick course on what the Civil Rights Movement looked like and what it's fighting for. In short, the movement worked to allow African Americans to be seen as equal under the law of the United States, and to be able to have the same privileges and be treated the same as white people. It is usually thought of to start in 1954 with a Supreme Court case Brown v Board of Ed that said that separating black and white children in schools was not constitutional, would not be allowed. The said 'separate but equal is inherently unequal' - literally, that segregation, keeping African Americans and whites separate, was not equal and was not right. However, the fight for equal rights was going on long before this case, as we'll see when we meet out first leader, Ida B Wells. On the other end, the Civil Rights Movement is thought to end somewhere around the passing and signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which 'outlaws discrimination' in places like labor (jobs), laws, education. However, the fight for equal rights continues today.

Alright, now let's jump in and meet Claudette Colvin, Bayard Rustin, Ida B Wells, and James Baldwin! Please click each link to explore each person by completing the attached lesson. Each lesson is a Ted Ed lesson and has a similar format: a video and attached questions. However, some of the questions require more thought (or a longer answer) while some are multiple choice. Each lesson has a 'Dig Deeper' page as well with resources if you'd like to explore more about any of these people and their lives. And yes, the video for Claudette Colvin is a bit different!

Please don't forget to add your thoughts to the 'discussion' page! I know it says optional (I can't change that) but this is where I'd really like to see what you're thinking about. I wish I were able to dive into these histories and deep discussions with you, but for now I'll have to see what you're thinking about online!
As always, please use cultural sensitivity and respect in your replies. These topics are extremely important but can be sensitive and certainly personal, so make sure to consider other experiences and other points of view as you think and write.

Ida B Wells
Bayard Rustin
James Baldwin
Claudette Colvin

These videos hit on some pretty big topics and have some tricky vocab words, so I've created a glossary here --->  Vocab Help   pleeeeeeease take a look! Otherwise you might be confused and there are some super important terms!

The content covered here is also strong and complicated, so please reach out with any questions or if you'd like to discuss further!

These lessons can be done all at once, or you can break them up over separate days this week!

This weeks work can be completed entirely on the Ted Ed website, so you do not need to upload anything to Unified Classroom this week! I can see what you've done on the Ted Ed site. I will use the 'Blog Assignment Week 4' space to record whether or not you've completed the work.


Be well everyone!